Room Twenty Seven is a beauty salon at 1B Redlands Grove in Swanson, a leafy residential pocket of west Auckland, holding a 5.0 rating on Google and reachable online through its Instagram page. Small suburban salons tend to run on appointments rather than walk-ins, so the regulars' habit of booking ahead, and rebooking before leaving, is worth copying. A first visit is also the time to ask which products are used and what suits your skin or sensitivities; a good practitioner will answer plainly and check for reactions where treatments call for it. In a suburb the size of Swanson, word of mouth does much of the work, and a loyal local clientele is usually the truest sign a salon is getting things right. For Swanson locals, Room Twenty Seven puts a well-rated beauty salon close to home — a short errand rather than a trip into Henderson.